# Then the king summoned the magicians

"Then the king called the magicians"

# the dead

"people who had died"

# educated men

Or "Chaldeans." This phrase translates a word that refers to a group of men whom people thought had special knowledge.

# they came in

"they came into the palace"

# stood before

"stood in front of"

# to tell him his dreams

"to tell him what he had dreamed"